20 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A series of Insects, collected at Pulo Penang, Hong Kong, &c., and presented by J. C. 

 Bo wring, Esq. 



A series ot British Insects, presented by P. PifFard, Esq. 



A series of Shells and Insects, collected at Natal, and presented by John Sanderson, Esq. 



A series of Neuropterous Insects from Ceylon and Amei'ica; named, and presented by 

 Dr. Hagen, 



A large series of Shells and Insects from India and Jamaica, presented by Major 

 General Sir John Hearsey. 



A large series of British Coleopterous Insects, collected by Mr. J. A. Brewer, 



A series of South African Insects, collected by Mr. Trimmer. 



A series of South Australian Insects, collected by F. Waterhouse, Esq. 



A fine Nest of- a Wasp, Myraptera Scutellaris, from Rio de la Plata ; presented by 

 William Garrow Lettsom, Esq., H. B. M. Minister and Consul General at Monte Video. 



A series of Insects, collected in Japan by E. Fortune, Esq. 



A series of Coleopterous Insects, from the PhiHppine Islands. 



A series of Star-fish and Sea Eggs, from the Red Sea, collected by Dr. Peters. 



A series of Shells from the Mauritius, presented by Lieutenant W. Chamberlain, 24th 

 Kegiment. 



A series of Shells from Nova Scotia, presented by J. R. Willis, Esq. 



A series of American Shells, presented by the Executors of the late Dr. Nuttall. 



A collection of American Shells from the collection of Mr. P. P. Carpenter. 



A series of Shells from Vancouver's Island, presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



A series of Shells from Salt Lake, Utah, presented by R. F. Burton, Esq. 



The 16,121 specimens added to the Collection have been regularly marked and described 

 in detail in the Manuscript Registers of Acccftsions, with an account of the localities from 

 whence they were derived, and of the manner in which they were acquired, which adds greatly 

 to their value, as giving particulars of the history of each for future use. 



A number of the more interesting specimens of these additions, and also a large number 

 of those that have been in the Collections for years, have been described by various scientific 

 Zoologists, and by the Officers of the Estabhshment, in the transactions of the Scientific 

 Societies, and in other peiiodicals, and especially in the Catalogues published by the 

 Trustees. 



The specimens so described are thus rendered of typical importance. 



The following Catalogues have been published during the year 1861 : — 



1. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera ; parts 22, 23, by Francis Walker, Esq. 



2. Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. 3, by Dr. Giinther. 



The Collections of Specimens exhibited in the public rooms, and those kept unstuffed for 

 study, have been cleaned, and many orders and families of the different animals have been 

 re-arranged, to insert the specimens recently received, and to keep the Collections on a level 

 •with recent discoveries in Zoological science, and thus affoid the public, and students in 

 particular, the means of studying the science more effectively 



The labels of the specimens which have been destroyed by exposure or by the dust have 

 been restored and verified. 



Many portions of the Entomological Collection, both European and exotic, have been re- 

 arranged, to render it conformable to the present state of the science, while other parts have 

 been arr;inged in new cabinets to remedy the crowded state of the drawers, caused by the 

 continued additions of new specimens. 



The labels on the stands of the Animals recently added to the Collection have been pro- 

 ceeded with as fast as the painter could execute them. More than 60,000 letters have 

 teen painted during the past year. 



In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, Crus- 

 tacea, and other smaller animals, that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up 

 or re-set by the taxidermist : — 



Mammalia, stuffed - - - 45 - skeletons - - - 33 



45 



skeletons 



— 



skulls 



14 



skeletons 



5 



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11 



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- 12 

 Birds - „ - - -14 - skeletons - - - 21 



Reptiles -,,---5- „ -__4 



Fish -,,---11 - „ ---89 



and 3S4 Animals have been mounted on stands. The bones of 18 skeletons have been 

 marked, and upwards of 1,270 Reptiles and Fishes, &c. have been placed in bottles and 

 labelled. 5,000 bottles have been re-labelled. 



John Edward Gray, 



Department 



